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July 24, 2017
The 'Spirit of Invention' Travels to China
The thrill is on, here we come China! For nearly thirty years the Objects Conservation Laboratory at the Hagley Museum has worked to preserve nineteenth-century patent models in the museum’s collection.
July 24, 2017
How Cellophane Promoted the Phenomenon of Impulse Buying
July 24, 2017
New Digital Collections: DuPont Company on the Brandywine
Hagley is pleased to announce two new digital collections of photographs that document the DuPont Company powder yards and surrounding area along the Brandywine River in Delaware.
July 24, 2017
Citizen at Work
In the late 1950s, the National Association of Manufacturers produced a six-session political education seminar called “Citizen at Work.” It was designed as two hour sessions over six consecutive weeks for groups to exchange ideas based on the assigned reading, audio-visual aids, and guest speake
July 24, 2017
The History of New York City's High Line
The “High Line” on Manhattan’s Lower West Side has earned great acclaim as an example of adaptive reuse and as an innovative linear park.
June 28, 2017
The Largest Item (so far) in the NAM Collection
During the late 1930s and 1940s, the National Association of Manufacturers created a public information program to be broadcast across the country.
June 19, 2017
Reading Jane Austen: the du Ponts
Jane Austen’s Emma, first published in the United States over 200 years ago, remains a beloved classic to this day. It was this novel that brought me to Hagley in a quest to uncover how nineteenth-century Americans read and understood Austen’s work.
June 19, 2017
The History of Making Toast
Toast is a quick and easy breakfast that can be eaten on the go, but it wasn’t always so.

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